Michael Dirda Quotes

On any given day, I'm likely to be working at home, hunched over this keyboard, typing Great Thoughts and Beautiful Sentences - or so they seem at the time, like those beautifully flecked and iridescent stones one finds at the seashore that gradually dry into dull gray pebbles.

Michael Dirda

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HomeBeautifulGreatTimeDayGray

When you spend a year or two researching a subject, and you're still fascinated by it, that's a good indicator that what you're doing will appeal to others, as well.

Jim Murphy

GoodDoingYearYouWillOthers

When I first came to New York, I would scream like a girl and run to the other side of the street if there was a pigeon. Now I can face off with a pigeon.

John Searles

GirlNew YorkFaceI CanStreetRun

Hollywood is the dream factory, and no one dreams about older women.

Amy Heckerling

DreamsWomenDreamHollywoodOlder

If it involved giants on any level, as a kid I was really wrapped up in that.

Travis Beacham

KidUpGiantsInvolvedLevelReally

I went to college and I never allowed myself to think for an instant that I would have this chance to do this.

Mary Chapin Carpenter

MyselfCollegeChanceThinkNever

As a band, we just don't tolerate any kind of abuse or intolerance of any kind of LGBT people by any kind of government.

Mike McCready

GovernmentPeopleKindBandAbuse

It is to be remarked that a good many people are born curiously unfitted for the fate waiting them on this earth.

Joseph Conrad

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There will be no 'Mommie Dearest' in the lives of my children, and no books like the one the Crosby boy wrote about Bing, or Bette Davis's daughter has written. My children love me very much, and they are loved.

Don Ameche

LoveDaughterChildrenMeLovedBoy

We don't want Arizona to be dependent on the whims of Barack Obama and the federal government.

Doug Ducey

GovernmentWantFederal Government

In many ways, the South can be very traditional and confining. And what is interesting to me is how women find their way around it. Those obstacles create an amazing sense of humor, of fun, and, ultimately, of integrity. The fiercest and savviest women I have ever known are the women I grew up with.

Connie Britton

WomenIntegrityHumorFunAmazing

The guys in the Twins understand that the better Weezer does, the more people will probably care about us.

Brian Bell

PeopleCareBetterUnderstandWill

Life was so easy before I became an actor. I could talk to anyone, and no one bothered. I keep thinking to myself, 'Should I not be myself,' but I won't do that.

Anushka Sharma

LifeMyselfThinkingEasyActor

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